----------------------------------------------------------------------Original Report: The details below are drawn from an article by JAN M. OLSEN for ASSOCIATED PRESS (COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 23, 2018) via US ABC News.Prosecutor

Danish inventor Peter Madsen is on trial for the torture and murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall during
a private UC3 Nautilusmini submarine trip on August 10, 2017. The submarine sank but was refloated. The prosecutor at the court
case said April 23, 2018 there is a risk that Madsen can commit the same kind
of crime again.

The prosecutor said Kim Wall may have
been tied with her own stockings before Madsen impaled Wall, and that Madsen
acted with a sexual motive. Madsen is then accused of cutting Wall up, placing the
body parts in plastic bags and tossing them overboard.

The prosecutor demanded Madsen be given
“life” in prison, which is only 16 years under Danish law, although the sentence
could be extended if necessary. Alternatively Madsen could be locked up in a
secure mental facility for as long as he's considered a danger to others.

The prosecutor said Madsen is not
insane but "emotionally impaired with severe lack of empathy, anger and
guilt." A court-ordered psychiatric report described
Madsen as an intelligent man "with psychopathic tendencies."

Defense lawyer

The defense lawyer called it "a
horror story ... but the story is not based on facts. It is based on undocumented
claims...It is not Madsen’s duty to prove that he is innocent. It is the task
of the prosecutor to prove that Madsen is guilty.

The defense lawyer said there was no
doubt Madsen dismembered Wall's body, but told the court there was inadequate
evidence proving Madsen killed Wall.

Madsen said Wall died because of a
pressure problem in the home-made submarine. But the prosecutor said that "forensic experts have found nothing" about a gas or pressure problem.

Madsen admitted to cutting Wall up before
he "buried her at sea." Madsen claimed he had to cut Wall up because
he could not lift Wall’s body up the submarine tower in one piece to throw it
overboard."

Also see an earlier January 17, 2018 article about Danish prosecutors wanting to confiscate and destroy Madsen’s refloated submarine, UC3 Nautilus.The trial verdict is expected to be publicised April 25, 2018 (Danish time) which is early morning April 26 Australian time

Kim Wall (inset) and the 40 tonne mini-sub UC3 Nautiluswhere she was allegedly murdered by Madsen.

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